An automated sprinkler waters grass in front of homes in Alhambra, Calif., April 27, 2022, a day after Southern California declared a water shortage emergency with unprecedented new restrictions ...

According to data provided by the California Department of Water Resources, during the four months between December 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, 15.8 million acre-feet flowed into the delta, but ...

Each year around the middle of August, the federal government looks at projections for Lake Mead to decide on adjustments to ...

By mid-2022, major reservoirs like Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville had dropped to levels not seen in decades, sparking widespread concern about California's water security.

Last Year's Water Levels Because of this winter's lower precipitation for Central and Southern California, some of the state's reservoirs performed better during this time last year. They are New ...

“They were holding extra water in those reservoirs because of the risk that it would be a dry summer,” said Heather Cooley, director of research for California water policy organization the ...

California Senate bill to ease regulations on recycled water use introduced The drought may have ended in 2017, but now, even when it's raining, California's water supply has remained a topic of ...

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which supplies 19 million people across six counties, has 3.8 million acre-feet banked in various reservoirs and underground storage facilities.

California's aquifers gained an estimated 2.2 million acre-feet of water during the last water year. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has been promoting efforts to replenish groundwater.

Enjoy the water, California!!!” he wrote. Trump even suggested making federal emergency relief for the fires contingent on changing the state’s water policy.